<div dir="ltr"><div class="im" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">> I strongly encourage anyone with a sense of WTF to come to a meeting and<br>> resurrect Leif's proposal to revoke all member only consenssies. Two folks<br>

> two meetings prior did just this but their proposal was blocked. Something<br>> similar but different could be brought back at some point. <br><br></div><font color="#45818e"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>I also strongly encourage people to do this, and to perhaps suggest alternate</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">

<span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>ideas which could achieve some of the well-meaning goals of the misguided</span><br style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">>selectively-enforced-members-</span><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">only policy...</span></font><br>

<div><font color="#45818e"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br></span></font></div><div>The members only policy has broken my heart and I've been struggling with a sense of frustration and hopelessness about changing things. </div>

<div><br></div><div>I'm not a member, nor an "associate member" but I will be present at the next meeting to support Leif's proposal to revoke the member's only policy that has stripped us of the culture that I once loved. </div>

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> If the members of Noisebridge insist on making policies I implore them to make<br>
> policies which are more MAY and SHOULD than MUST and SHALL.<br>
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</div>I've implemented internet protocols like this. It turns out people can<br>
and do ignore MAY/SHOULD when it suits them / when they're lazy.<br>
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That only works when everyone involved are actively working to better<br>
the community as a whole. It doesn't work if everyone is acting in<br>
(mostly non-enlightened) self-interest. Principles, whilst admirable,<br>
need to be backed up with constant work. I see lots of principles..<br>
then I saw a dirty kitchen, people being abusive at meetings and<br>
people feeling unsafe in the space.<br>
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It turns out ideals and principles aren't enough.<br>
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-adrian<br>
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